The game isn't dead, with the latest big patch that added new game modes/maps which attracted older and newer players, the performance fixes which allow me (old computer) to play on full 64 player servers with no problem, and the latest 10$ sale has expanded the player base 10 fold compared to a few months ago. It's easy to find full 64 player servers that aren't on the other side of the planet.

And then there are fun bugs around that never were fixed, cough, like hit detection or the famous player-model-in-ground while vision is not glitch when using MG3 (allows you to become literally unhittable to any fired bullet while you can do easy kills) or the creepy potatoes of doom (grenades slide across the ground doing ballet moves).

I hope the devs do not wonder why the game is dead These issues are there since release.

Actually, when you put it that way it sounds like a great idea to get people playing again... At least some mappers and the people they have play testing. And they're separating it into two phases, one $2,500 the other $10,000. That'll get some people playing in the 2 inbetween months.